A 16-year-old, arrested and charged with shooting a Fern Creek High School student, told metro police that the student was not his target.

A 16-year-old, arrested and charged with shooting a Fern Creek High School student, told metro police that the student was not his target.

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Updated: 7:17 PM EST Dec 19, 2014

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WEBVTT VAN HOOSE. JUST REVEALED EVIDENCE SHEDS NEW LIGHT ON THE SHOOTING AND WOUNDING OF A STUDENT AT FERN CREEK HIGH SCHOOL BACK IN SEPTEMBER. IT INCLUDES AN AUDIO RECORDING OF THE INCIDENT. IN A POLICE INTERVIEW, THE 16-YEAR-OLD WHO IS CHARGED TELLS DETECTIVES, HE SHOT THE WRONG TEENAGER. WLKY'S STEVE BURGIN JOINS NOW WITH MORE ON WHAT'S IN THE COURT FILE... STEVE... IT INCLUDES NINE ONE ONE CALLS, PHOTOS, AND INTERVIEWS WITH BOTH THE ALLEGED SHOOTER AND THE INTENDED TARGET. What's your emergency? Do you know there is a shooting at Fern Creek High School? IT WAS SEPTEMBER 30TH WHEN A GUNSHOT CREATED FEAR INSIDE FERN CREEK HIGH SCHOOL. ONE YOUNGSTER WAS WOUNDED. THE SCHOOL WAS EVACUATED AS POLICE SWARMED THE BUILDING SEARCHING FOR THE SHOOTER. 1:01:28 Chris Fuelling/Metro Police says, There's good and bad. The bad is you're going to be charged, no way around it. The good is the guy you shot is going to be okay. 16 YEAR OLD ANDRE BANKS WAS QUESTIONED BY POLICE AFER HE WAS APPREHENDED AT AN APARTMENT COMPLEX WHERE HE FLED FOLLOWING THE SHOOTING. 15 YEAR OLD JAVAUGHNTAY BURROUGHS WAS WOUNDED IN THE ABDOMEN. BUT BANKS TOLD INVESTIGATORS BURROUGHS WAS NOT THE INTENDED TARGET. IN THIS POLICE INTERVIEW BANKS EXPLAINED HE BROUGHT A 22 CALIBER PISTOL FOR 40 DOLLARS WEEKS EARLIER AND ADMITTED IT WASN'T THE FIRST TIME HE CARRIED IT INTO SCHOOL. 1:06:20 Did you have to go through metal detectors at Fern Creek? You had the gun on you when you went into the school. ACCORDING TO BANKS HE SOLD AN IPAD TO A FELLOW STUDENT AND RECEIVED A ONE HUNDRED DOLLAR BILL. ONLY TO DISCOVER IT WAS BOGUS. THAT STUDENT TOLD POLICE BANKS CONFRONTED HIM IN THE HALLWAY AND LIFTED UP HIS SHIRT TO SHOW HE HAD A GUN...AND WHEN BANKS PULLED PULLED THE. 1:12:38 I see him running away, and other people running. Did you see who you shot. I shot it towards his back. When you did that what did you do. I ran. THE SOUND OF THE SHOT AND PANIC THAT FOLLOWED WAS RECORDED ON ANOTHER STUDENT'S CELL PHONE. THE RECORDING IS PART OF THE COURT FILE. sound of gunshot and screaming. BANKS WAS ARRAIGNED EARLIER THIS MONTH ON SEVERAL CHARGES. HE WILL BE TRIED AS AN ADULT. THE INTENDED TARGET TOLD POLICE HE THOUGHT HE GAVE BANKS A REAL ONE HUNDRED DOLLAR BILL. BANKS WILL BE TRIED AS AN ADULT. HE'S DUE BACK IN COURT FOR A PRE-TRIAL HEARING ON JANUARY 8TH. STEVE BURGIN WLKY NEWS. THANKS STEVE... ALONG WITH ASSAULT AND WANTON ENDANGERMENT, BANKS IS CHARGED WITH UNLAWFUL POSSESSION OF A FIREARM ON SCHOOL PROPERTY, CARRYING A CONCEALED WEAPON, TAMPERING WITH